Oral intake of heat-killed lactobacillus plantarum L-137 decreases the incidence of upper respiratory tract infection in healthy subjects with high levels of psychological stress

Journal of Nutritional Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Hirose, Yoshitaka ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Yoshikai, Yasunobu ^b   Murosaki, Shinji ^a  

^a HOUSE WELLNESS FOODS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immune function; Lactobacillus plantarum; Stress; Upper respiratory tract infections; Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011112961     PISSN: 20486790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jns.2013.35     Document Type: Article

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